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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3

Keywords

Western Australia, Roses, Winter pruning, Rose pruning

Disciplines

Horticulture

First Page Number

106

Last Page Number

111

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

Next to picking armfuls of blooms, I doubt whether any phase of rose growing gives the gardener greater pleasure than pruning. To cut off a misplaced branch, or to relieve the plant of worn-out wood which has already produced its share of flowers; to snip away the spindly growths and twiggy bits which overcrowd the centre of the bush; to stand off and visualise just how lovely the plant will look when covered with flowers in three months' time, only to return again and cut off an inward-growing shoot which threatens to upset the symmetry of the bush; all this is work which can give keen pleasure to the enthusiast.

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